Baling-press.



C. B. W. SMITH.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1914.

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APPLICATION min sfrnzs. 19H.

Patented May 25, 1915.

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5 vented a certain new and useful Improve# ment in Ealing-resses, et :which the lollowing is a full, clear, and exaetdesoription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the o same, reference being had to the acoinpanyforming part of this specifi' ing drawings, cation, in whioh- Fig-nre l is a top plan view of a baling press of myV improved construction with 15 parts thereotl broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a vertical section talren longitudinally thro-ugh the lcent-er of my improved baling press.

2o Fig. l is a side elevational v'ievof the press with parts thereof shown' in dot-ted lines. Fig. is a detail elevational View of a cani utilized in my improved press and which cam is instrumental in Vforming a connection and the wire twisting` mechanism. lFig. 6 is a side elevational view o1 the slotted heling chamber forming a. part of invention. Fig. 7 is a reduced cross sectional view taken approximately on Fig. 8 is an enlarged Cross sectional view taken approximately on the line 8*.8 of Fig. l. Fig. .9 is perspective view illnstrating'the balingwires in position open bale, Lne latter 35 shown in dotted lines, and said wires shown twisted and severed at the end of the bale. Fig. l0 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately on the line'l-l() of to loa-ling presses such as are generally used for compressing and balingr hay, straw, eXoelsior, shavings and the like. the principal object of my invention hein@ to construct .a compara- "l5 tivelv simple. inexpensive and eliieient balin;y press ieh is wholly automatic in all its operations. including' the applying of the wirr-s to the bales as they areformed, the twisting' together of the heling wires on and the severing of said baling wires after the ends have been securely and firmly twisted together.

l*`urther objects of my invention are; to construct a baling press so that it is not which arms slats 18 and angle irons 19 l'ihoards between the bales during the formation of said bales; to provide meansfor applying a baling wire centrally on each of a the :tour sides oc thev bale and to twist said billing' wires together on the ends of the bale at points substantially in alineinent with the medial line 'of the bale; to pro vide a machine which will produce bales of substantially uniform size 'and weight, and which machine consists of comparatively few parts', and which can be operated with comparatively little power.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed'.

Referring bynnmerals to the aeoompanying' drawings ighich illustrate the preferred form omy invent-ion, l0 designates a suitable base and supported thereupon. in any suitable manner and at a slight elevation is a horizontally disposed bali'ng ehamlrer4 10 which is preferably of box shape, and in which operates a plunger ll. This plunger is reciprocated by; means of a pitman' l2 which is actuated .in any suitable manner and projecting from the sides of the.

plunger are pins or lngsl which project through longitudinally disposed slots 14, the same being formed in the side walls of the balina` chamber lOL. x

Positioned on 'top oi the baling 10 is a hopper l5 into which the to be baled is fed, and located on end ol' said chamber l0 is a disk or plate 16. Located adjacent to this disk or plate is a smaller disk or plate 17 andthe space between the two disks or plates is occupied b v the arms which draw the baling wires together between the ends of the bales and are hereinafter more fully dematerial the rear scribed.

Fixed to the plate 17 are the inner ends of which form the s latted portion of the billing chanher. This slatted baling4 chamber is in direct alinementwith and extends rearwardly from the rear end oli-"the baling chamber 1Q and the 'rear portions of the slats forming said l slartted chamber are supported by suitable uprights 2G, the lower ends of which are fixed to the base l0.

Arranged to revolve about the slatted salientes. May as, iets.

'l chamber 5B necessary to place divisional blocks or chamber' is a skeleton gage comprising a l ually disposed. reds 2?).

'same being' connected by provide `trout ring Z1 and a rear ring the same lteing connected by a series ot longitudiliixed to the rear '24 provided on its ring,r Q2 is a toothed ring' Q5, the

outer edge with an integral rflange sa ine bea rin upon 27. The inner edge bears upon a roller in a bearing' formed latter'is mounted on the forward slatted baling chamber.

Journaled in suitable bearings on the base 10 is a longitudinally disposed shaft 30, which is driven in any suitable manner from the forward end of the machine and fixed on thel rear end ot this shaft is a ,Qjear wheel 31 which meshes with the teeth of the ring Eneirclirref the cago :tormed by the rings 2l and and rods 23 is a pair of rings-132, the brackets 33 and the ends ot these brackets are extended inward 'to form bearings which are arranged to slide t'reel y upon the rods vFixed to the centr-ai portions of the brackets 33 is a ring 255 'provided with an outwardly projecting flange 3G and this flange-engages ina slot or notch formed in a block 237, which latter .is mounted to slide freely upon the shaft 30.

Journaled in suitable bearings -formed on the rinnjs 21 and are the ends of a pair ot oppositelv arranged longitudinally disposed shafts 38 in the surfaces ot which are formed spnally disposed cam `sfrooves 39. Fixed to the inside of the ring d5 are blocks 40 which are. provided withfopenings adapted to rcceive the shafts 38, and journaled on said o't the 'forward ring 2l i8 which is iournaled on a bracket 29, which end ot' the -blocks are rollers it which engage in the Fixed on the forward ends of grooves 3i).

are the outer ends ofla pair of' the shafts 38 curved wire twisting arms 42, the inner ends y of which are notched so as to provide shoulders 43, the same being .sharpened so as to cuttingr edges. (See Fig. 1.0.), These wire twisting arms are arranged s0 that their inner portions overlap each other when said arms are swung i Wardly and said arms occupy the narrow space between the disks or plates 16 and 17.

Fipied to the block 37 which is loosely mounted onshatt are upwardly projectine' arms 4G whi h occupy positions immediately adjacent to the lower portion of ring and the upper ends of said arms are provided with inwardly projecting),- pairso pins 4Gn which engage the iange on 'Said ring: 35. The central portions of the arms 44 are united by a Ushaped yoke 46", the central portion ot which is provided with a dependingT lng 47, the same being notched to receive the rod 30. Fixed to and projecting inwardly from the forward portions of the arms 44am inns or pins 48, the same being designed to ride directly upon the peripheries of cam disks 49, which latter are fiXe on the ends of a transverse shaft 50. This suitable rollers 2G and.

` starting the press, Pthe shaft is journaled in suitable l'iearinpjs ou the underside ot the rear portion ot' the baling chamber l0Il and iixed on said.V -sfhai't tothe sides of the baliug'chiimber 10 are l,{rooved wheels-5i. Arranged on top ot' the balinnj chamber` 1()1L a reel 32 ot baliner wire and the strand oi" wire from this reel led `forwardly nthrough suitablel eyelets or pulleys to the right o't' the hopper 'l5 and 4from the -orwa rd 75 end of said hopper this strand'o'l" wire ex? tends downward to a central point in the rear end of the baling chamber 10 Arranged beneath the baling chamber 10* is a reell the wire from'whieh extends 80 rearwardly to the end 'of' the balinir chamber 10, and thence upwardly to the center of said chamber. Located on the sides of the baling chamber 10 are reels 54, the wire from which extends rearwardly and passes once around the lrooved wheels 51V which are mounted aon shaft ,50 and from' thence these wires are extended through suitableV eyelets or pulleys to the centerof the balingchamber where they unite with the wires 'from the reels 52 and 53.

The operation of my improved baling press is as follows: Under normal condi-. tions, the 'rings 32 and occupy .positions near the rear end ot the Slat-ted baling chamber and around the rear portions'of the shafts 38 with the rollers 41 positions inthe straight rearV portions of the grooves 39.

W hen sov positioned, the curved arms42 are swungr outward so as to be entirely outside* the space within the baling chamber-ni When so positioned, the pins 48 on the armi:` 44 rest upon the high or normal edges of the cam disks 49 as shown in Fig. 4. Thus, the notches in the arms 44 are elevated with respect' to the pins or lugs 13 on the plunger and consequently, the plunger can reciprocate tocompress the material fed into the baling,r chamber lOwithout affecting any of the wire applyingbr twisting parts of the press. It will be understood that beforeends of the four wires are brought together at the center of the balingr chamber, and said ends being united in any suitable manner, preferably by being twisted together. The material to be baled u is fed intothe hopper 15, and on the for- Ward stroke of the plunger 11', this material is forcibly pressedv against the wires Whi lor normal portions of the disks 49, and

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9.5 all of the baling,` wires at continuously, n lmovement through-gearwheel 31 and toothed 5 ber 10a it is compressed under the forward strokes of the plunger 11, and the bale thus formed is slowly forced into the slatted baling chamber, during which time the baling wires unwmdmg;T from the various wheels 1a are d'awn tautly along the sides of said bale. The shalt 5() is intermittently rotated by the unwinding actionof the two wires which encircle the wheels 5l until the disks 49 have made a complete revolution at which .M time the pins-l drop o the shoulders formed in vthe ,edges of said. disks, thus permitting the free ends of the arms 44 to drop in the position illustrated in Fig. This brings the notches in the ends of the arms 2ev 44 into position to be engaged by theipins 13 on the sides of the plunger' and on the next forward stroke f said plunger, said pins will engage in the notch 45 and on the suc-- ceeding rearward movement ol the plunger,

.25 the arms 44 and parts carried thereby will be drawn rearn-a'rdly with the plunger, and as said arms -l-l are connected to the ring 35, "Said ringl together with vthe rings 32 willbe drawn to the forward end of the slatted balrollers '-ll traversing the' spirally disposed grooves 39 will effect a partial rotation of theshafts 38, and as a result the curved arms 42 will be swung inward, thereby engaging l the rear end of the bale just formed, and said wires will be carriedto the center' of the baling chamber as ,-:shown in' Fig. 8.

' It will be i'mderstood that shaft 30 rotates thereby impartingrotary ring 2l to the cage comprising,- rings 21 and and rods 23. l'vlhen tnemovements have been efi'ected to swing the inner endsy of 45 arms l? inwardly, as shown in Fig. 8, and as just described, the rotary motion of the cage imparted to the curved arms will .twist the hahn'g wires together at a central point within the baling chamber and against the endr 5o of thel'sale Just formed. v

(See Fig. 9.) sthe arms move inward to draw the baling wires across the ends of the connileted bale, a certain a'inount olz wire will be drawn 'from the reelsand conseiplently, the shalt of) willv be partially rotated. m'1iirj3jY to the passage of certain ol' the billing-wires around the grooyed wheels 5l, and thus the eccentric disks -Llfl will be moved to the position shown in Fig. 1l. As a result, the pins i8 carried by the arms 44; will on the next forward movement of the plunger ride onto the righ or normal edges of said disks, thereby elevating the notches l5 so that the pins 13 are 'disengagedtherefrom. The plunger 11 will now l5 continue to operate in the usual manner to memes During this movement, theY y' chamber 'chan'iber and a compres;

thereby effecting a. reverse movement of the.

shafts 38, land asa result of vsuch reverse movement, the arms l2 will be. swung outwardto their normal positions and at the beginning of"such outward swinging;r movement, the sharpened edges of the shoulders 43 on the ends of said arms will cut the baling wires at a central point in the loop formed between the twisted portions, thereby leaving twisted ends at the center of the the wires together for the succeeding bale. (See Figs. 9 and l0.)

baling pressofy my impro-ved construction is comparatively simple, is entirely automatic in all its operations, forms bales of uniform size and weight', and can be operated with comparatively little power.

lt will be readily understood thatminor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved baling press can be made and substituted for those heroin shown and described, without departing from thespirit of my invention, the scope of which is forth in the appended claims.

l claim:

1. A baling press provided with a baling chamber and a compressing plunger, baling wires which are adapted to enter the baling and more rearwardly therethrough as the bale is formed, and automatically ,operating means normally outside the baling chaniber and adapted to enter said chamber on opposite sides thereof for twisting" said `wires together at the end ol the bale.

.baling chamber and adapted'to enter said cl'iamber on opposite sidesthereot' for twisting' Isaid wires together at the end of the bale.; and means controlled by the plunger for actuating' the wire twisting' means.

il. .fr baling press provided with a baling "ogg plunger operating therein, balinfr wires adapted to enter the baling.T chamber l therein as the bale is formed. automatically operating; means for twisting said balineg wires together at the end of the bale, and means controlled by certain of the baling and to tend rearwardly` bale j iist,o1med and twisting the -ends of 'loo wires for effecting a movement of the wire twisting means. i

l. A billing press provided with a billing Chamber, means for compressingmaterial therein, billing wires adapted to feed into the billing chamber along the sides fol the' bille as the saine is formed, and automaticall7 operating means nornlllll)7 'outside the billing chaillber' and adapted to enter said chamber on l'ipposite sides thereofor twisting and severing said wires at the end of the bale.

' material compressed "the billing end of thebale, l said wire drawing means to twist said wires together at the end ofthe bale.

chamber adapted 5. A billing press provided witll a billing chamber, means for coinilressiiig material therein, billing wires adapted'to feed into the billing chamber alol'lg the sides of the in said chamber, and means normally on the exterior of said bal-v ing chamber, which means is adapted to enter said baling chamber bale "and'twist the billing wires together and to'sever said bi ling wires aftery thesame have been twisted. l

A billing press provided `with a billing chamber, a plunger arranged for operation therein, billing wires bale as the positioned on the exterior of 'the billing o enter saidbaling chamber to draw the ba ing-.wires together onV the and means for-revolving A baling press provided with a billing chamber, a compressing plunger arranged for operation therein,` billing wires adapted to enter the sides of the cllilmber and to en gage the sides'of the bale formed therein,

said wires after the 'for operation therein, billing wires adapted to tred into said billing chamber alid ellgage the sides of the bale as it is formed, means adapted to enten the billing chamber A and draw the billing wires to ay central point on tlleend of the bale, means for revolving said wire drawing means to twist the wires together on the end of the bille, and means controlled b v certain oi? the billing wires for el'l'ecting a movement of the last mentioned and means for. severing at the CllCl Of th- .revolving ingang adapted to feed into chamber along the sides of .the saine is formed, means normally l ,means to twist said -wires a billing billingellailiber,

10. A baling plless provided witha billing chamber, means 'for compressing material into a bale in said chamber, billing Vwires adapted to Vfeed into said chamber' alongthe sides of the bale, automatically"..operating means for bringing the billingV wires toretlier'on the end of the bille, means engaged Y a movement 'of the last mentioned means, the billing" wires after the Sallie have beenlbrollglit together at theendlftllo bille.

11. A billing press providedwith ra-,billing chamber and a compressing plunger, billing wires which are adapted sides of. the .bale as" the 'same is'formed, means adapted torevolve'abollt the billing chamber, and means eoiiperating with said 4for 'entering fthe.; billing chamber for twisti'ngtheA billing Wires to-A gether at tlie end of .the bale.

12, v A billing press-provided wires which n re adapted 'to enter the billing chamber andlnove therethrough along the sides of the bille as the same-is ormed, means adapted to revolve. chamber, and mea-ns cooperating with 'sai revolving int-ans fonentering* thefbaling chamber for twisting 'the billing# wires to gether at the 4endI of the bale, a-nd-isevering said wires after the twist-has. been milde.

certain of the billing'wiresrfor. eifeetlng4 to Aenter the billing'k chamber, and. more therethrough along the L'ni witha billing chamber and a compressing pllinger,'ballng about the billing als 1:3. .ln a machine of the ellilss described,

bale forming means', billing wireswhich are adapted to feed along the sides ofthe bale when the same .is being formed,y means adapted to enter the billing chamber vto draw the billing wires together on` the end of the bale, means for revolving said Wire drawin together, an

means' for moving said wire drawing means apart to sever the baling Awires after the 'twist has been made.

14. ,A1 billing press comprlslng a billing chamber, means for eoillpresslilg billing chamber', and ballng wire engaging vmeans cooperating with said revolving means and adapted to enter the hailing chamber to draw the bali-ng wires together at the end of the bale.

ll A vbilling press comprising a balin chamber, means for compressing lnaterii therein, means adapted `to revolve about the billing chamber,` and billing wire engaging means cooperating with said revolving means and adapted to enter the billing chamber to draw the billing wires together, twisting said wires together and severing said wires after the saine haie'y been twisted.

16. ln a machine ol the olass described, ll a plonger Aarranged for operation therein. means adapted to revolve about the billing chamber, wire engaging material therein, means adapted to revolve about thev arms eoperatng with said revolving lIn testimony whereof hereunto a-X means, which arms are adapted toenter the signature in the presence of two Wtnessesf, balng ch'a'mber to draw the Wires together the 24th day of Sepember, 1914. f

at the end of the bale, and means controlled CHARLES B. W. SMTHfby the amount Aof Wire fed into the balng Vtnesses:V ,f chamber for eecting a movement of the M. P. SMH'H,

Wire engaging arms. M. A. HANDEL. 

